Hyderabad are to blame themselves for the over-cautiousness in batting. chasing a modest 161 runs in 50 overs at an asking rate of 3.22 runs per over.

The first four wickets adding 68 runs in 34.1 [205 Balls] overs, after a fairly good start of 53 in 134 balls between the openers Radhakrishna [21] and B Avinash Pai [19]. G Sanjay Patel consumed precious overs in scoring 3 runs off 32 balls. In all the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th wicket pairs have done very little to force the pace adding a Pathetic 29 runs in 17.5 overs between them.

Only skipper Santosh Yadav and Faiz Ahmed showed some semblence of victory in the partnership of 69 runs for the 7th wicket in 72 balls when the former was finally consumer at deep-mid wicket by Srinivas Prasad of the bowling of Shahabuddin for a gallant [52], Santosh Reached to 52 with a huge 6 over long off, pershing the next ball. after Santosh's departure, Hyderabad needed 12 runs from 7 balls, Venugopala Rao bowling the last over, with Hyderabad needing 11 from 6 balls, could not make it in the end as Venugopala Rao scalped last three wickets in his last four balls, thus Hyderabad fell short by six runs, while Andhra winning the encounter by 5 runs in the end.

Earlier Andhra put in to bat first scored 160 in 47.3 overs. At the half-way mark they were 89 for 5 wickets. After an early loss of Nagini Kumar at 3 in the second over, opener Srinivas and Prasad Reddy [29] repaired the innings with a 38 run partnership for the second wicket.

After being 5-88, middle-order batsman I Srinivas batted through to see his side posted a fighting total. Srinivas' occupation of 95 minutes at the crease has brought 48 runs to the total in facing 71 balls, scoring one 6, and three 4S. For Hyderabad left arm spin bowler in Ramakrishna's ten overs spell gave him 4 wickets conceding 31 runs with one over as maiden.